Uninstalling Windows XP full Home Edition

You mentioned installing 98 and then upgrading to XP but you have a full version of XP Home and not an upgrade version. Are you wanting to know if you can install 98 and then upgrade to XP on the same partition and expect 98 to still be there to handle older programs? If so, that's not going to work. You have two options. You can use fdisk to delete all partitions from the drive and then create a primary partition for Win 98 using only part of the drive. Let 98 format and install itself. Use the XP CD to partition and format the remainder of the drive. You should now be presented with options at boot as to which OS to use. You might also consider just leaving your XP drive alone and get a second drive to install 98. You should be able to select the boot drive by entering the BIOS to do so. It's an extra step but keeps things a bit cleaner in my opinion.

Windows 98 may not recognize or be able to run the hardware installed. So if you try to install that operating system alone, the computer won't work.

Have you tried to use the compatiblity feature included with XP? It sometimes will allow you to install and run older programs or games.

The driver issues alone are beyond most. Many only learn about motherboard drivers this way (or all the other drivers.) Microsoft does not get the drivers for us.

-> How about adding Windows 98 instead. This way you can keep the current working XP install and work on you 98 install (just as much work) plus when you realise that 98 isn't working either, then you can remove 98 without having to install XP again.

Here's the article about this -> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm

There is no support for either method you use, so be sure you know what you are getting into.

Bob